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Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone. Gabel, who has dealt privately with gender dysphoria for years, will soon begin the process of transition, by taking hormones and undergoing electrolysis treatments.

Gabel will eventually take the name Laura Jane Grace, and will remain married to her wife Heather. "For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news," says Gabel. "But she's been super-amazing and understanding."Gabel only told a handful of family and friends about her plan to transition before talking to Rolling Stone. Because this is the first time a major rock star has come out as transgender, the singer made a point of speaking openly about it. "I'm going to have embarrassing moments," says Gabel, "and that won't be fun. But that's part of what talking to you is about – is hoping people will understand, and hoping they'll be fairly kind."

The full story of Gabel's transformation is in the latest issue, on newsstands this Friday (May 11th). In it, the singer tells Josh Eells about her history of gender dysphoria, the specifics of the transition process and what becoming Laura Jane Grace will mean for the future of Against Me!

I wish her the best of luck. It's not going to be easy in terms of peoples acceptance, especially in that scene. I'm already seeing ignorant comments cropping up, people thinking this is funny and saying awful things about how this is bad for her daughter. I hope all the support she gets trumps the negativity.

After reading all of your narrow-minded, elitist, patronizing comments, I am starting to suspect you are a stinky troll posing as a transphobic transsexual just to rile people up. It's kind of pathetic, you know.

It's either that or you really are a transphobic transsexual with illusions of your own grandure. I am not sure which is more pathetic.